ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIO PRODUCTS

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Biosol is a 100% organic long lasting fertilizer with soil improving consequences. Biosol has a balanced nutrition ratio and supplies the plant with micro and macro nutrients throughout the whole growing period. Building the organic matter and humus allows the soil to become active, allowing the nutrients to be available for plant intake. It is the high organic material in the Biosol that improves the humus content of the soil in addition to providing quality nutrients for plants. The soil is enriched, rooting is strengthened and the growing and vitality of your turf is increased, while strengthening the plants resistance against disease. Biosol lacks salt and is therefore suitable for greenhouse crops and arid/low precipitation areas. The risk of nitrate leaching is very low because of the organic fixation of the nutrients and nitrogen, providing the ultimate use of nutrients. Biosol is a safe and ecological fertilizer because of the selected raw materials and added vitamins. Since Biosol is 100% organic, it is safe to use around children and animals.

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About

Rocky Mountain Bio Products

Biosol 6-1-1 is 100% Organic and OMRI Certified

In 1987 Rocky Mountain Bio Products started with one organic product called "Biosol", a natural organic product. Over several years we slowly added other high quality products to our product line. Biosol Forte was added as an economical alternative to Biosol, while producing the same great results. Earthgreen's Menefee Humate, a micro nutrient and trace element product, was added to allow us to supply these important micro nutrients for those plant and soils that need it. In early 2003 Mycorrhizae became an important amendment that is a vital fungi necessary for plant establishment and plant growth. This fits directly into our product line because the Dry Mycellium that makes up our Biosol product is the vegetative source for mycorrhizae. The synergy from these products allows us to be able to customize and meet the needs of any project large or small. Lastly, our Chemstar Startak product line allows our customers the ability to have an economical plant based organic tackifier that is used where erosion control is critical when hydro-seeding or soil protection is needed. Often used to ensure seed to soil contact, it is one of the only tackifiers encompassing some small fertilizing elements. With these high quality and economical products we are able to customize fertilizers and soil amendments for any project large or small. Our products have all been research tested in the laboratory and in the field. Today we are reclaiming some of the worst soils around the world. We are able to provide a top soil alternative where we can fix your current dirt to create a productive soil full of beneficial bacterial and fungal biomass with nutrients for soil plants. We are always continuing to keep our eyes open to any new natural products that are beneficial for soil and plant health sot hat we can share our knowledge and information with our clients.

We have been using and offering Biosol since 1997.
A good friend of ours, Scott was a Professional Ski Patroller in winter and contractor. He was also working in restoration at Squaw Valley area. He had been using Biosol for several years and promised that it kept voles off his Tahoe Donner lawn under the snow. We thought he had just been lucky in avoiding the voles normal ravages. One spring however, I visited his father-in-law Larry who had a beautiful garden in Tahoe Donner as well.
Larry took me to his back deck and pointed to his vibrant green lawn, emerging from the receding snows and said “that’s what Biosol does” and then pointing to another portion of the lawn that looked like it had recently been roto-tilled “that’s where I ran out” . The image was dramatic. We were excited at the prospect of any form of vole repellency with little thought of the fertilizer.
That fall we brought in one ton of 55 pound bags to use in landscapes, and to experiment with. The next spring we were excited that we had no vole damage but we were blown-away by how good the lawns looked. In my own lawn, the grass was greener than ever before when melting out from under the snow so I waited before giving my lawn its normal spring feeding. I thought I’d wait until the lawn looked like it needed it. I waited until June, then August and finally October. The lawn still looked vibrant and dark green as I applied Biosol again a year after the last fertilization. Over the first few years we switched from thinking of Biosol as a repellent. We consider it our favorite and most effective fertilizer. We use it in planters, in our nursery stock and in our demonstration and vegetable gardens. We also use it in all of our landscaping and revegetation projects and we have been extremely satisfied with the results.
We also use another organic fertilizer with fish bone meal, kelp meal and other organics along with a huge component of live bacterial and fungal microbes. We think the Biosol works even better when we use the other fertilizer as an inoculant. Our other cultural practices also include mulching: “No bare soil”, and aeration and topdressing of lawns in spring.
The vole repellency still seems to be the way most people are intrigued enough to try Biosol. Word of mouth from one gardener to another the word has spread. One of the first years we tried Biosol, a client in Tahoe Donner on Bennet Flat road, with a lawn abutting the great meadow tried it. The meadow is home to tens or hundreds of thousands of voles, summer and winter. The following spring, as always, every lawn on the meadow was a wreck, except the lawn with Biosol. The voles had come into the edges of the lawn in a couple of places but the bulk of the lawn was untouched and, of course, dark green.
Over the years, with hundreds of clients using biosol (we sell about 18 tons each fall), we have had some say it didn’t work as a repellent, maybe 10-15 percent. But no one has questioned its effectiveness as a great fertilizer. The normal grade is a little large for most spreaders so we use greens grade. We have no idea why it repels voles but it does stink and we generally wait as far into the fall as possible before applying it for repellency.

When we bought this property in 2000, there was nothing in the way of a garden. Just the rambling log house, some magnificent trees and the raging Blue River swollen by spring run-off. One of the first and smartest decisions I made was to create some berms for rock gardening. This added visual interest and made the digging/planting a lot easier. Over time my garden has become quite eclectic, with an abundance of floral “volunteers” and a personality that changes from year to year.
All went well until about 5 years ago when voles took up residence and decimated the gardens. After a 3 year struggle, during which the voles were clearly winning, I was ready to give up gardening. Someone suggested trying Biosol, an all natural and organic fertilizer with a distinctive odor. I did, the garden is now vole free and I use it religiously spring and fall.
My greatest joy is provided by the Bleeding Hearts that thrive in the protected raised beds next to the front of the house and in the “meditation circle” on the southeast side. New in the garden this year is Brunnera, a lovely limey broad leaf perennial with tiny blue flowers on long stems that resemble Forget-Me-Not. I hope it does well because I love it! You will also notice a profusion of Jacob’s Ladder, Lamium (ground cover) and Chives…great fillers but beware, given half a chance and they will take over!
The small round wildflower bed nestled between the river and the water feature is also new this year. It is dedicated to the memory of Dick Masica, a long time resident of Frisco, who passed away on June 4. Dick relished living in Summit County and he loved its wildflowers and gardens. He would often say, “There is so much beauty all around us and flowers make it brighter.”
Dick and his wife Joanne created their own showpiece in Water Dance that has been featured on numerous garden tours. Dick will be missed by many who knew him.
Many thanks to Jenny and Alicia of Mountain Garden Care for their help. This garden would not happen without it!